La Liga Team of the Season 2017-18

Defenders

Sergi Roberto has been excellent all season

RCB: Sergi Roberto

This is a bit of cheating, but Sergi Roberto has been so good for Barcelona that it would have been criminal to leave him out of the team. His superb handling of the ball has now been augmented by a heightened defensive awareness and that's made him a much more complete defender... and has kept the highly rated Nelson Semedo on the bench for Barca.

CB: Gerard Pique

Ah, the old master. Pique has had a tempestuous time at Barca, full of incredible highs and some oddly deep lows but this season, he's been Ernesto Valverde's sergeant on the field - marshaling his defence expertly and playing a large role in ensuring Barca have remained unbeaten so far in the league

LCB: Lucas Hernandez

To have a La Liga all-star defense without an Atletico man in it would be tantamount to blasphemy... and while the usual candidate would be Diego Godin, this season Lucas Hernandez's phenomenal rise has made him this season's pick. Comfortable at left-back and in the center, Hernandez has been brilliant all season.

Honourable mentions:

Marc Bartra bossing it against Real Madrid

Marc Bartra

He'll always be tainted by that one moment in time when he was forced to take part in a foot-race with Gareth Bale in a high-tension Copa Del Rey final and made to look like Wile E Coyote taking on the Road Runner, but since his return to Spain in January - Real Betis have looked a different side, and the Sevillanos have the Catalan to thank for this new-found defensive solidity.

Filipe Luis

Seriously, the lot of them have conceded just 15 goals in 32 games. Nobody drills a defence quite like Diego Simeone, eh?