| Manchester United | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tim Howard | GK | David Seaman | ||
| DR | Gary Neville | DR | Sun Jihai | ||
| DR | Phil Neville | DR | David Sommeil | ||
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| DR | John O'Shea | MD | Steve McManaman | ||
| S1 | MD | Kleberson | MD | Joey Barton | |
| MD | Roy Keane | S1 | AM | Trevor Sinclair | |
| MD | Paul Scholes | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | ||
| WR | Ryan Giggs | FD | Robbie Fowler | ||
| FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | FD | Nicolas Anelka | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | S1 | FD | Paulo Wanchope |
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sir Alex Ferguson | Kevin Keegan | ||||