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Arsenal boss Wenger happy counting on Chambers for derby

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is happy counting on Calum Chambers today against Tottenham.

Chambers, 19, has made his Champions League and senior England debuts already this season and, after facing his former club Southampton two days ago, he now comes up against his former manager, Mauricio Pochettino.

"I don't know [how he feels] because at the moment he plays against Southampton, after he plays against his former manager," said Wenger. "The only thing I can say is that he looks like he's dealing well with that kind of pressure.

"We forget a little bit that top level competition is first of all pleasure, enjoyment and I just want him to enjoy the game. We forget sometimes that it's a huge joy to play at that level and I just want him to enjoy it.

"For us he has straight away become a regular player. For a 19-year-old boy that's very demanding in a club where the requests are very high but he absorbs the game very well, not only physically but as well he deals very well with the huge pressure that is on him for such a big game."

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