Thursday 25 September 2014 22:56, UK
Swansea manager Garry Monk insists striker Wilfried Bony has not get a temperament problem.
The Ivory Coast international is set to return to the Swans’ squad for Saturday’s Premier League game at Sunderland after serving a one-match suspension following his sending off against Southampton last weekend.
Bony felled Maya Yoshida with a crude challenge after appearing to growl at the Saints defender and was then guilty of a scissors tackle from behind on the same player close to half-time.
The two offences resulted in Bony's first red card in English football, but Monk says that he does not expect the 25-year-old to find himself in further trouble with referees despite being a physical player.
"What can sometimes go against Wilf is that he's so powerful and strong he wants to show that strength," Monk said.
"Sometimes if he feels the other guy has got the better of him he tries a bit more and perhaps overreacts, and in that situation maybe you can do the type of thing he did on Saturday.
"But he's got a good temperament. He's not someone who will pick up a lot of red cards and I can't remember him being booked."
Bony, who missed the Capital One Cup victory over Everton due to his ban, had actually been booked only four times in 53 Swansea appearances before the red mist descended against Southampton and Monk dismissed his growl at Yoshida as the two players converged on a bouncing ball.
"It's a characteristic, he does it in training some times for effect more than anything," Monk said.
"It's nothing to talk to him about and I haven't had a big conversation with him about the red.
"It was a mistake he held his hands up to straight away and when players do that you don't need telling because you know it.
"I've seen some players sent off for stupid things and they don't know why, but Wilf knew straight away."
