LONDON (AP) - The begin of Arsenal’s opening Premier League sport in opposition to Nottingham Forest was delayed by half-hour on Saturday after an issue with the turnstiles at Emirates Stadium left 1000's of followers unable to get in on time.

The kickoff had been scheduled for 12:30 p.m. native time (1130 GMT) however was pushed again due to an obvious situation with the membership’s new digital ticketing system.

TV footage confirmed 1000's of followers nonetheless ready outdoors the Emirates 10 minutes earlier than the scheduled kickoff, with solely a sparse crowd contained in the 60,000-seat stadium.

The turnstiles had been finally in a position to open and the stadium was full by the point the sport began at 1 p.m. native time (1200 GMT).

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