It has been a fast start to the Premier League season for Manchester United , with three wins from three games seeing them sit top of the table over the international break.

They'll go into Saturday evening's clash at Stoke City seeking to keep alive their 100% record, but boss Jose Mourinho will know that his side will have to be up for the physical battle in the Potteries.

The Portuguese has gone to great lengths to add power, strength and pace to his United team this season, and it is showing.

That's one way to slow him down (
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PA)
They don't just run, they score too (
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Pace, in particular, has become a key trait after the somewhat ponderous performances last season, but just which of Mourinho's stars is the quickest?

We've teamed up with stats kings Opta to look at the fastest speeds that United players have run this season in kilometres per hour, and here's the top five.

5. Henrikh Mkhitaryan - 33.68 km/h

The Armenian is usually moving quicker than this (
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Matthew Peters)

4. Phil Jones - 33.8 km/h

He might pull funny faces, but the centre-back is pretty quick (
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Action Images via Reuters)

3. Marcus Rashford - 34.27 km/h

The young Englishman is pretty rapid (
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2. Romelu Lukaku - 34.56 km/h

The big man has quickly got to grips with life at United (
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Action Images via Reuters)

1. Paul Pogba - 34.68 km/h

It is United's main man who takes the honours, just (
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John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images)

So Pogba, dipping on the line, takes it from his good mate Rom by just 0.12 km/h!

We're sure he won't take the mickey out of his mate *too* much for that.

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