Arsenal secured a 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest of their Premier League opener on the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka scored a objective every for Arsenal, however the Gunners needed to dig deep as Taiwo Awoniyi, who was launched as an alternative, pulled a objective again for Forest seven minutes from the regulation 90 minutes.
Thousands of followers wait to enter the Emirates Stadium earlier than the Premier League tie between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest (Twitter)
Arsenal handed debut to Declan Rice, Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber, who joined the North London membership in the summertime switch window for a mixed charges of over £200 million ($254 million).
The three factors for the house aspect, nevertheless, was soured as Timber suffered an harm early within the second half.
Apart from some gripping motion, particularly in the direction of the top, the match received off to an embarrassing begin because the kick-off was delayed by half an hour.
What was the rationale behind the delay?
The begin was delayed by half-hour after an issue with the turnstiles, which left tens of 1000’s of followers struggling outdoors the stadium.
The unique kick-off was scheduled for 12:30 pm native time (1130 GMT) nevertheless it was pushed behind due to a technical difficulty with the membership’s new digital ticketing system.
TV footage confirmed 1000’s of followers nonetheless queued outdoors the stadium with ten minutes remaining for the scheduled kick-off.
The turnstiles finally opened and the match began at 1 pm native time (1200 GMT).
Manchester City begin title defence on sturdy notice
It was principally a two-way title race between Manchester City and Arsenal final season, with the previous finally successful the league by a five-point margin. Mikel Arteta’s males will look to go one higher this time round.
City kicked-off the title defence with a 3-0 win in opposition to Burnley. Usual suspect Erling Haaland began the season with a bang, finishing a brace in simply 36 minutes. Rodri, who scored the winner for Manchester City of their maiden UCL triumph, scored the third objective within the second half.
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