| Manchester United | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|
| GK | Edwin van der Sar | | GK | Brad Friedel |
| DR | Gabriel Heinze | | DR | Stephen Warnock |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Chris Samba |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Ryan Nelsen |
| S1 | DR | Nemanja Vidic | S2 | MD | Tugay Kerimoglu |
| MD | Michael Carrick | | MD | David Dunn |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | MD | Aaron Mokoena |
| MD | Ji-Sung Park | | AM | Brett Emerton |
| S3 | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo | | WR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs | | FD | Matt Derbyshire |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S1 | FD | Benni McCarthy |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | DR | John O'Shea | S1 | FD | Jason Roberts |
| S2 | MD | Alan Smith | S2 | MD | Sergio Peter |
| S3 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | | | |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Mark Hughes |