| Manchester City | Blackburn Rovers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | David James | GK | Brad Friedel | ||
| DR | Danny Mills | DR | Lucas Neill | ||
| DR | Stephen Jordan | DR | Jay McEveley | ||
| DR | Sylvain Distin | DR | Nils-Eric Johansson | ||
| DR | Richard Dunne | DR | Andy Todd | ||
| MD | Steve McManaman | MD | Steven Reid | ||
| MD | Paul Bosvelt | S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu | |
| S1 | MD | Willo Flood | MD | Barry Ferguson | |
| MD | Antoine Sibierski | AM | Brett Emerton | ||
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S1 | FD | Jon Stead | |
| FD | Nicolas Anelka | FD | Paul Dickov | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | MD | Claudio Reyna | S1 | FD | Matt Jansen |
| S2 | MD | David Thompson | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Kevin Keegan | Mark Hughes | ||||