Bony ready to seize chance at City

Manchester City fans are going to see the "new Wilfried Bony" as he prepares to fill the void left by injured team-mate Sergio Aguero in attack.

City striker Aguero expects he will be sidelined for a month with the hamstring injury he sustained during Argentina's 2-0 defeat to Chile in a 2018 World Cup qualifier last week.

Bony has seen his own career at the Etihad Stadium hampered by injuries, managing just five starts in all competitions for Manuel Pellegrini's side since his arrival from Swansea in January.

But the Ivory Coast international is ready to put those injury frustrations behind him as he looks to lead the line for the Citizens in the absence of Aguero.

"It's never good when your team-mates are injured but that's the way football goes sometimes," Bony told the club's official website.

"Now I need to take things game by game and work hard. I have to take my chance and score goals for the team - that's why I am here.

"A lot of crazy things have happened since I joined City and I've been ruled out with injury three or four times so it's been hard to find any rhythm playing one or two games here and there.

"It's been the worst spell of my career without question - in the past five years I'd never missed more than two games in a row and at Swansea I only missed a handful of matches and that was mostly because of a red card I received.

"It's not been the best time for me in that respect and it has been very frustrating, but hopefully the City fans will now see the new Bony."