| Middlesbrough | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Mark Schwarzer | | GK | David James |
| DR | Franck Queudrue | | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Danny Mills | | DR | Michael Tarnat |
| DR | Ugo Ehiogu | | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| MD | George Boateng | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Gaizka Mendieta | | MD | Claudio Reyna |
| MD | Bolo Zenden | | MD | Joey Barton |
| AM | Jonathan Greening | S1 | MD | Paul Bosvelt |
| FD | Szilard Nemeth | | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| S1 | FD | Massimo Maccarone | S2 | FD | Paulo Wanchope |
| FD | Joseph-Desire Job | S3 | FD | Nicolas Anelka |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Stewart Downing | S1 | MD | Antoine Sibierski |
| | | S2 | FD | Jon Macken |
| | | S3 | FD | Stephen Elliott |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Steve McClaren | | | Kevin Keegan |