The teams involved Participation were Manchester United , who had won both the Premier League and FA Cup as part of the Treble the previous season , and Arsenal , who finished Process_end runners-up in the league .

Manchester United also completed Process_end the Treble , becoming Becoming the fourth side in Europe to do so and in the process preventing Preventing_or_letting Bayern Munich from achieving Achieve the feat themselves , Bayern eventually finished Process_end runners-up in their domestic cup two weeks later .