| Arsenal | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | | GK | David James |
| DR | Ashley Cole | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Lauren | | DR | Michael Tarnat |
| DR | Sol Campbell | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| S3 | MD | Robert Pires | S1 | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Ray Parlour | | MD | Joey Barton |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | S2 | MD | Paul Bosvelt |
| S1 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | | AM | Trevor Sinclair |
| S2 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| FD | Thierry Henry | | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Edu | S1 | MD | Steve McManaman |
| S2 | WR | Jose Antonio Reyes | S2 | FD | Robbie Fowler |
| S3 | DR | Pascal Cygan | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Kevin Keegan |