| Everton | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Nigel Martyn | S1 | GK | David Seaman |
| DR | David Unsworth | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Gary Naysmith | | DR | David Sommeil |
| S1 | DR | Tony Hibbert | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Alan Stubbs | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Li Tie | | MD | Steve McManaman |
| MD | Thomas Gravesen | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Lee Carsley | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| FD | Tomasz Radzinski | S2 | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S3 | FD | Francis Jeffers | | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S2 | FD | Wayne Rooney | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Kevin Kilbane | S1 | GK | Kevin Ellegaard |
| S2 | AM | James McFadden | S2 | FD | Paulo Wanchope |
| S3 | FD | Kevin Campbell | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | David Moyes | | | Kevin Keegan |