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Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher named their Premier League teams of the season on the final Monday Night Football of the campaign

Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher named their Premier League teams of the season on the final Monday Night Football of the campaign.

As expected, the XIs chosen by our experts were dominated by players from champions Chelsea with Neville selecting six of Antonio Conte's men and Carragher opting for four.

Carragher also chose three players from second-place Tottenham with Neville selecting four players from Mauricio Pochettino's side.

That means Neville only chose one player not from Chelsea or Spurs... read on to find out who that was.

Jamie Carragher's Team of the Season

Jamie Carragher selected a 3-4-3 system
Image: Jamie Carragher selected a 3-4-3 system

I think David De Gea is possibly the best goalkeeper in the world. It's close between him and Manuel Neuer, but I would probably go for De Gea.

I've gone for a back three. We've spoken about the season Cesar Azpilicueta and David Luiz have had and one of the Tottenham centre-backs had to be in it. It was a toss-up and I just went for Toby Alderweireld over Jan Vertonghen.

I've gone for more of a diamond midfield than in the graphic above. N'Golo Kante is holding - he's been the best central midfield player.

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I've got David Silva tucked in on the left, where he has been playing for Man City and has been a revelation.

How many goals has Christian Eriksen created from the inside right channel? I think of the goal he created against Chelsea and the goal he set up in the FA Cup semi-final for Harry Kane.

I'd have Dele Alli behind the front three, who has been one of the players of the season. He has been outstanding.

Gary Neville's Team of the Season

Gary Neville went for a more traditional 4-4-2
Image: Gary Neville went for a more traditional 4-4-2

I went for Thibaut Courtois. Not because I think overall he is a better keeper than De Gea, but I think he's probably had a better season. I think those two are outstanding goalkeepers.

I've gone for a back four and at left-back I have gone for Danny Rose, even though he has missed some football recently. He has been outstanding and Tottenham's back four needed representing well in the team of the season.

You could argue Diego Costa tailed off a little bit, but from my point of view, he has resurged this season as a brilliant centre-forward. I would always have gone for Sergio Aguero historically, in terms of being the best.

I have also gone for Kevin De Bruyne because I think that his quality is far and above anybody in a wide area in the league. By an absolute street he is far and above anybody.

I think there is more he can do, similar to Eden Hazard and they have both got that step up in them. I also agree Kante and Alli should be in central midfield.

MNF Picks of the Season

Jamie Carragher Gary Neville
Goal of the season Andy Carroll Olivier Giroud
Manager of the season Antonio Conte Mauricio Pochettino
Player of the season Eden Hazard N'Golo Kante
Young player of the season Dele Alli Leroy Sane
Signing of the season N'Golo Kante Zlatan Ibrahimovic
One to watch Gabriel Jesus David Luiz

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