| Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | David Seaman | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| S3 | DR | Ashley Cole | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Lauren | | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson |
| DR | Pascal Cygan | | DR | Martin Taylor |
| DR | Sol Campbell | | DR | Henning Berg |
| S1 | MD | Edu | S1 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | | MD | Garry Flitcroft |
| AM | Freddie Ljungberg | S3 | MD | David Dunn |
| FD | Sylvain Wiltord | | MD | David Thompson |
| FD | Thierry Henry | | FD | Dwight Yorke |
| S2 | FD | Nwankwo Kanu | S2 | FD | Egil Ostenstad |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Robert Pires | S1 | WR | Keith Gillespie |
| S2 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp | S2 | DR | Craig Short |
| S3 | DR | Kolo Toure | S3 | FD | Matt Jansen |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Graeme Souness |