| Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Ashley Cole | DR | Lucas Neill | ||
| DR | Pascal Cygan | S3 | DR | Markus Babbel | |
| DR | Sol Campbell | S1 | DR | Vratislav Gresko | |
| DR | Kolo Toure | DR | Craig Short | ||
| MD | Patrick Vieira | DR | Andy Todd | ||
| MD | Robert Pires | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | ||
| MD | Gilberto Silva | MD | Barry Ferguson | ||
| S2 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | AM | Brett Emerton | |
| S1 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp | S2 | FD | Paul Gallagher |
| FD | Thierry Henry | FD | Dwight Yorke | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Ray Parlour | S1 | MD | Steven Reid |
| S2 | MD | Edu | S2 | FD | Andy Cole |
| S3 | MD | Dino Baggio | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Graeme Souness | ||||