article_snippet: Around 2,000 fans entered the ground when match commander Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield ordered Gate C at the Leppings Lane end to be opened at 2.52pm.
article_snippet: Mr Morgan said Mr Morgan had ‘formed an intention’ to open the gates to relieve the pressure but would have first had to get permission from more senior officers first.
article_snippet: Later Mr Morgan made a statement, saying if Gate C had not been opened, ‘we would have been dealing with bodies outside the ground’.
article_snippet: Mr Morgan said Mr Morgan ‘assumed’ there would be a controlled opening of the gates to allow fans to filter into the ground, but was left surprised when Gate C was ‘flung open wide’ at 2.52pm.
article_snippet: Christina Lambert QC, counsel for the inquest into the fans' deaths, asked Mr Morgan if Mr Morgan had Mr Morgan instructed stewards to open the gates - a suggestion dismissed by the witness.
article_snippet: Gate C was opened at 2.52pm on the orders of Mr Duckenfield.
article_snippet: After Gate C was opened
highlights_snippet: 2,000 entered ground when match commander  ordered gate to be opened .
  