| Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | Carlo Nash |
| DR | Lucas Neill | S2 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| S2 | DR | Jay McEveley | | DR | Niclas Jensen |
| DR | Martin Taylor | | DR | David Sommeil |
| DR | Henning Berg | S3 | DR | Gerard Wiekens |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Kevin Horlock |
| MD | David Dunn | S1 | MD | Eyal Berkovic |
| S3 | WR | Keith Gillespie | | MD | Marc-Vivien Foe |
| FD | Andy Cole | | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S1 | FD | Egil Ostenstad | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Hakan Sukur | S1 | MD | Ali Benarbia |
| S2 | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | S2 | AM | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | DR | Andy Todd | S3 | FD | Shaun Goater |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Graeme Souness | | | Kevin Keegan |