| Manchester United | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Roy Carroll | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Gary Neville | DR | Danny Mills | ||
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | DR | Stephen Jordan | ||
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | DR | Richard Dunne | ||
| MD | Roy Keane | MD | Steve McManaman | ||
| S1 | MD | Liam Miller | MD | Paul Bosvelt | |
| S2 | MD | Paul Scholes | MD | Willo Flood | |
| MD | Alan Smith | MD | Antoine Sibierski | ||
| AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | ||
| FD | Louis Saha | FD | Nicolas Anelka | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Ryan Giggs | |||
| S2 | FD | Wayne Rooney | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Sir Alex Ferguson | Kevin Keegan | ||||