| Manchester City | Arsenal |
|---|
| GK | Joe Hart | | GK | Wojciech Szczesny |
| DR | Micah Richards | S1 | DR | Johan Djourou |
| DR | Pablo Zabaleta | | DR | Laurent Koscielny |
| DR | Vincent Kompany | S3 | DR | Per Mertesacker |
| DR | Kolo Toure | | DR | Thomas Vermaelen |
| MD | Gareth Barry | | MD | Alex Song |
| S3 | MD | Yaya Toure | | MD | Aaron Ramsey |
| S2 | MD | Samir Nasri | | MD | Mikel Arteta |
| WR | David Silva | S2 | WR | Theo Walcott |
| FD | Sergio Aguero | | FD | Gervinho |
| S1 | FD | Mario Balotelli | | FD | Robin van Persie |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | James Milner | S1 | DR | Ignasi Miquel |
| S2 | MD | Nigel de Jong | S2 | FD | Andrey Arshavin |
| S3 | FD | Edin Dzeko | S3 | FD | Marouane Chamakh |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Roberto Mancini | | | Arsene Wenger |