Ghanaian striker Arthur, 18, stunned Hartlepool with a header in the 90th minute before revealing:
"In the last home game against Carlisle I was selfish and took a shot and missed when I should have passed it. I felt bad and apologised to the lads afterwards. They told me not to worry about it and said that sometimes they go for you and sometimes they don't. I think I've made them happy now though."
Arthur is on a six month youth loan deal from Birmingham City and is quite happy with the super-sub tag after netting three times from the bench in Cheltenham's unbeaten start to the campaign. He said:
"I'm a young player and I'm sure that the time will come in my career when I start games regularly, but if you look at our squad there are plenty of guys with lots of experience so why should I start ahead of them?
"The manager knows what he's doing and it's not my place to pick the team, but we all have a role to play whether we start or not."
Fellow substitute John Marquis was unlucky not to score a brace on his debut following a one month loan move from Millwall last week and said:
"The first one that hit the post was from a difficult angle, but I did everything right for my header and their keeper just made an excellent save."
Robins First Team Coach Shaun North deputised for manager Mark Yates and said:
"Everyone did their bit. It's nice to be unbeaten, it means that we're doing things right."
Hartlepool boss Colin Cooper admitted:
"I don’t think we did enough to win the game but we did enough not to lose."
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