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Monk dismisses claims Swansea are too reliant on Bony

Swansea City boss Garry Monk has made it clear that he does not feel his side relies too heavily on the goalscoring exploits of Wilfried Bony.

The Ivory Coast international has eight of Swansea's 21 Premier League goals this season with all eight of those coming out of the Swans' last 13.

The scoring run of Bony has been a major factor for keeping the Welsh club in the top half of the table but Monk does not necessarily believe his team is based solely around one player.

"We're very much a collective here and it's not just about Wilfried scoring goals," Monk said ahead of Saturday's trip to Hull City.

"The way we've produced the chances for Wilfried to contribute shows that.

"Yes, that's not to say there's six or seven players producing goals freely but look at the league and there's no massive amount of variation apart from the top teams.

"We create chances for each other and we don't care who scores as long as the team wins and we are creating those chances and someone's there to put it in the back of the net."

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