| Manchester City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | David James | | GK | Tim Howard |
| DR | Michael Tarnat | | DR | Phil Neville |
| DR | Daniel Van Buyten | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| DR | Sylvain Distin | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | John O'Shea |
| S1 | MD | Claudio Reyna | | MD | Nicky Butt |
| S2 | MD | Steve McManaman | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| S3 | MD | Antoine Sibierski | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S1 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| FD | Robbie Fowler | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Jon Macken | | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Paul Bosvelt | S1 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| S2 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | S2 | FD | Diego Forlan |
| S3 | DR | Sun Jihai | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Kevin Keegan | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |