I thought playing with Bony helped him tbh as it gave him more of a free role to make runs off Bony, who held it up well and laid it off to other layers to run past him. Not sure he's really ready to play up front on his own as he doesn't really provide a focal point for the attack and preferred to drift around looking for spaces that he simply wouldn't find if there wasn't another striker keeping the defenders in position.
The lad looks seriously special though, you can easily see him doing a similar job to what we had Sterling do alongside Bony, running from deep and causing havoc with his directness and movement. As long as he keeps his head and doesn't get carried away with himself then he could be really special