Arsenal vs Nottingham Forest DELAYED amid chaos at Emirates Stadium with thousands of fans stuck outside

CHAOS outside Arsenal's stadium saw their Premier League opener delayed by 30 minutes.

The Gunners were due to take on Nottingham Forest at 12.30pm, looking to start their title challenge with a bang.

But the club were forced to delay the game until 1pm.

Arsenal tweeted: "This afternoon's game with Nottingham Forest will now kick off at 1pm (UK), due to a delay at the turnstiles."

The delay was caused by a new digital ticketing system going down.

Thousands of supporters were stuck outside the Emirates Stadium waiting to be let in.

Reports even claimed that there were up to 35,000 fans still waiting to get into the ground.

A tweet went viral showing fans outside the stadium with the queues said to be "huge".

Fans reacted to the delay on social media.

One Tweeted: "People having trouble with the digital pass."

A second commented: "Fix the turnstiles."

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A third wrote: "USELESS."

A fourth said: "Sort them out!!"

While a fifth added: "This was the most predictable thing in the history of predictions."

Another joked: "We jumped the early kick-off curse😂."

The game did get underway at 1pm - although some fans were still outside.

The match needed to start in order to avoid clashing with the 3pm blackout - in which football matches cannot be screened on TV in the UK.

Meanwhile, the Arsenal players were wearing the wrong kit after a major manufacturing error.

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