| Manchester City | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Kasper Schmeichel | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Micah Richards | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Vedran Corluka | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| DR | Javier Garrido | S2 | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Richard Dunne | | DR | Nemanja Vidic |
| MD | Michael Johnson | | MD | Owen Hargreaves |
| S3 | MD | Geovanni | S3 | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S2 | MD | Elano | | MD | Paul Scholes |
| MD | Didi Hamann | S1 | AM | Nani |
| WR | Martin Petrov | | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| S1 | FD | Valeri Bojinov | | FD | Carlos Tevez |
| Substitute | Substitute |
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| S1 | FD | Emile Mpenza | S1 | AM | Chris Eagles |
| S2 | FD | Rolando Bianchi | S2 | DR | John O'Shea |
| S3 | DR | Michael Ball | S3 | FD | Fraizer Campbell |
| Manager | Manager |
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| | Sven-Goran Eriksson | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |