Wolverhampton Wanderers returned to full strength after a toothless midweek excursion to Manchester United and beat Burnley 2-0 to move out of the Premier League relegation zone on Sunday.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy made nine changes to the controversial line-up that lost 3-0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday and was rewarded with goals in each half from Nenad Milijas and Kevin Doyle.
Wolves moved from 18th to 12th place on goal difference with 19 points, leapfrogging Burnley.
McCarthy was widely criticised after he rested players in midweek, making 10 changes at United to the team who had beaten Tottenham Hotspur the previous Saturday. The Premier League has demanded an explanation for his actions.
The manager, whose main aim is to avoid relegation, could feel vindicated by his tactics with Milijas putting Wolves ahead in the 16th minute when he fired into an empty net after Brian Jensen parried Matt Jarvis's shot.
Doyle made it 2-0 in the 50th minute, beating Jensen after muscling past two defenders but was booked for removing his shirt in the goal celebration on one of the coldest days of the year.
"It showed didn't it, we were sharper from the off," Doyle told Sky Sports News when asked whether the Wolves players had benefited from the rest. "We were the fresher team at home."
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