| Arsenal | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Jens Lehmann | | GK | Andreas Isaksson |
| DR | Emmanuel Eboue | | DR | Michael Ball |
| DR | Gael Clichy | S2 | DR | Sun Jihai |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Nedum Onuoha |
| DR | William Gallas | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | S1 | DR | Sylvain Distin |
| S2 | MD | Cesc Fabregas | | MD | Joey Barton |
| S1 | MD | Abou Diaby | | MD | Michael Johnson |
| S3 | MD | Tomas Rosicky | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| AM | Alexander Hleb | S3 | FD | Darius Vassell |
| FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | | FD | DaMarcus Beasley |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Julio Baptista | S1 | FD | Georgios Samaras |
| S2 | MD | Denilson | S2 | FD | Bernardo Corradi |
| S3 | DR | Philippe Senderos | S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Arsene Wenger | | | Stuart Pearce |