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29th December 2016
03:04pm GMT
We've opted for a back-three of David Luiz, Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk.
Luiz has been quietly excellent since returning to Stamford Bridge from Paris Saint-Germain. His game now appears devoid of the occasional brain fart which marked his last spell at Chelsea.
Van Dijk looks good enough to play for any team in the division. The Southampton defender has been almost flawless since signing from Celtic last summer and could be on his way to Manchester City for a massive fee at the end of the season.
And Matip is already a key player for Liverpool and cost £47.5m less than John Stones.
In midfield, we've selected Ander Herrera and N'Golo Kante.
Manchester United have significantly improved since Herrera finally became a regular starter and the Spanish midfielder is now an undisputed first-team player for Jose Mourinho. An intelligent, technically gifted but disciplined and hardworking player.
No Premier League XI of any description would be complete without Kante. The Chelsea midfielder is one of the most effective players in the league.
Ahead of those two, we've selected Eden Hazard, Philippe Coutinho and Kevin de Bruyne.
Hazard is arguably in better form now than he was when Chelsea won the league two years ago, and he was comfortably the best player in the division.
The Belgian is given a freer role by Conte than he was by Mourinho and has scored nine goals in 17 league games.
Coutinho racked-up five goals and five assists in 13 appearances before injuring his ankle in the 2-0 win over Sunderland at the end of November. Liverpool have kept winning in his absence, but the Brazilian is arguably their talisman and best player.
To his right, we easily could've selected Sadio Mane, who has played brilliantly for Jurgen Klopp's side this season and made a mockery of suggestions he wasn't worth his £34m transfer fee.
That being said, we've picked De Bruyne, who has the potential to be the best player in the league.
The Manchester City winger has nine assists and two goals so far this season, a tally he should improve on in the second half of the season.
The two forward positions go to Alexis Sanchez and Diego Costa.
Sanchez has 12 goals and six assists this season and has been a revelation since being moved from the wing to the striker's position, acting as the team's first defender with his relentless pressing, and their main attacking outlet.
The Chilean has been so impressive that Arsenal's previous first-choice striker, Olivier Giroud, only made his first league start of the season on December 26.
And Costa has been flawless. The Chelsea forward appears to have given up on his WWE antics and decided instead to just score goals and lots of them
Costa has 13 goals so far this season, and is arguably the best striker in the league.
Honourable mentions to both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sergio Aguero.
Here's our Premier League XI of the season so far:
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