| Arsenal | Manchester City | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | GK | David James | ||
| DR | Lauren | S2 | DR | Danny Mills | |
| DR | Gael Clichy | DR | Stephen Jordan | ||
| DR | Pascal Cygan | DR | David Sommeil | ||
| DR | Kolo Toure | DR | Sylvain Distin | ||
| MD | Robert Pires | S1 | MD | Claudio Reyna | |
| MD | Cesc Fabregas | MD | Joey Barton | ||
| MD | Mathieu Flamini | S3 | MD | Kiki Musampa | |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | MD | Stephen Ireland | ||
| FD | Dennis Bergkamp | MD | Antoine Sibierski | ||
| FD | Thierry Henry | FD | Darius Vassell | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Lee Croft | |||
| S2 | DR | Sun Jihai | |||
| S3 | DR | Micah Richards | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Arsene Wenger | Stuart Pearce | ||||