Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has insisted he will be assessing his team's performance against Arsenal over the result.
As the two North London clubs prepare to take on each other at the weekend, Postecoglou addressed early season optimism at Spurs.
While he would love to get a win over their bitter rivals, he admits that getting a good display out of his players may matter more at this stage.
"We're five games in, I understand that for many people, they will see this as our first real test and I get that," Postecoglou told reporters.
"It is pretty easy, you could almost write two stories now: if we are successful, great we're on the right track. If we're not, we've still got a long way to go.
"For me what is going to be more important is how much of our football I see in a big game like this. How much of us can I see against a top opponent?
"That will give me the biggest indicator of where we're at but ultimately we'll still be six games into a new cycle, a new group of players, a very young group of players.
"Either way, irrespective of the outcome, I'd say the performance will be my biggest measure but knowing we have still got a long way to go."