| Manchester City | Arsenal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Shay Given | GK | Manuel Almunia | ||
| DR | Micah Richards | S2 | DR | Bacary Sagna | |
| DR | Wayne Bridge | DR | Gael Clichy | ||
| DR | Joleon Lescott | DR | Thomas Vermaelen | ||
| DR | Kolo Toure | DR | William Gallas | ||
| S1 | MD | Stephen Ireland | MD | Abou Diaby | |
| MD | Gareth Barry | MD | Cesc Fabregas | ||
| MD | Nigel de Jong | S1 | MD | Denilson | |
| WR | Shaun Wright-Phillips | S3 | MD | Alex Song | |
| FD | Emmanuel Adebayor | FD | Robin van Persie | ||
| FD | Craig Bellamy | FD | Nicklas Bendtner | ||
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | WR | Martin Petrov | S1 | MD | Tomas Rosicky |
| S2 | DR | Emmanuel Eboue | |||
| S3 | FD | Eduardo | |||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Mark Hughes | Arsene Wenger | ||||