| Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Brad Friedel | | GK | David Seaman |
| DR | Lucas Neill | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Vratislav Gresko | | DR | Michael Tarnat |
| DR | Martin Taylor | | DR | David Sommeil |
| DR | Lorenzo Amoruso | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| S2 | MD | Steven Reid | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S3 | MD | Garry Flitcroft | | MD | Paul Bosvelt |
| MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| AM | Brett Emerton | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| FD | Andy Cole | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S1 | FD | Dwight Yorke | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Matt Jansen | | | |
| S2 | MD | David Thompson | | | |
| S3 | FD | Corrado Grabbi | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Graeme Souness | | | Kevin Keegan |