| Arsenal | Manchester City |
|---|
| GK | Manuel Almunia | | GK | Kasper Schmeichel |
| S1 | DR | Bacary Sagna | | DR | Micah Richards |
| DR | Gael Clichy | | DR | Vedran Corluka |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Javier Garrido |
| MD | Gilberto Silva | | DR | Richard Dunne |
| MD | Cesc Fabregas | | MD | Michael Johnson |
| MD | Tomas Rosicky | S3 | MD | Stephen Ireland |
| MD | Mathieu Flamini | S2 | MD | Elano |
| AM | Alexander Hleb | | MD | Didi Hamann |
| S3 | FD | Robin van Persie | | WR | Martin Petrov |
| S2 | FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | S1 | FD | Emile Mpenza |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Denilson | S1 | FD | Rolando Bianchi |
| S2 | FD | Eduardo | S2 | MD | Geovanni |
| S3 | MD | Alex Song | S3 | DR | Michael Ball |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Arsene Wenger | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson |