| Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Ashley Cole | | DR | Lucas Neill |
| DR | Lauren | | DR | Michael Gray |
| DR | Pascal Cygan | | DR | Vratislav Gresko |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Craig Short |
| MD | Robert Pires | | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson |
| S3 | MD | Cesc Fabregas | | DR | Dominic Matteo |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| S1 | AM | Jermaine Pennant | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S2 | FD | Dennis Bergkamp | S1 | FD | Jon Stead |
| FD | Thierry Henry | | FD | Paul Dickov |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | AM | Freddie Ljungberg | S1 | FD | Dwight Yorke |
| S2 | WR | Jose Antonio Reyes | S2 | MD | Javier De Pedro |
| S3 | MD | Mathieu Flamini | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Graeme Souness |