Burnley failed to close the gap on Leeds United in the Premier League relegation scrap, following their 2-0 defeat to Leicester City.
But while the result will be a positive to Whites fans who were nervously looking over their shoulder at the chasing pack, new head coach Jesse Marsch won't have missed some warning signs from Turf Moor.
Leicester's goals came late on from James Maddison and Jamie Vardy, with the latter making a return to action following a lengthy spell out through injury.
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And that could mean he will feature against Leeds at the King Power Stadium of Saturday lunchtime. Marsch's first game should be an intriguing one, but there's no doubt Leicester have missed their talisman striker.
Both Maddison and Vardy came off the bench to deliver Leicester's first Premier League win of 2022. Vardy, back from a hamstring injury, set up the first as he laid the ball off for Maddison to bend the ball beyond the excellent Nick Pope.
And Vardy got his first goal in the league since November in the final minute, left alone at the far post to head home Harvey Barnes' cross.
It was no coincidence that this was Leicester's first league win since Vardy's last appearance, the 1-0 victory over Liverpool on December 28 - this has not been a good season by the Foxes' recent standards but a win rate of 40 per cent with Vardy drops to 12.5 per cent without him.
The positives did not end there - a first-half Maxwel Cornet strike for Burnley was ruled out for offside, and with Kasper Schmeichel barely tested otherwise, this was a first clean sheet away from home in the league this season.
While Brendan Rodgers could start looking up again, Burnley missed the chance to move out of the bottom three as the recent momentum which had seen them pick up seven points from three was halted. With Chelsea the visitors here on Saturday, things get no easier for Sean Dyche's side.
Leicester might have had the win wrapped up much earlier but for a superb display by Pope.
With 18 minutes to go, Rodgers sent for Vardy and Maddison, and the pair linked up immediately, with Vardy blazing over from Maddison's cross.
Barnes brought another fine save from Pope as he cut in from the left and tried to bend it in, but Leicester's moment was coming.
Schmeichel came off his line to beat Rodriguez to the ball, hoofing it straight down to the other end. Three Leicester players were offside but Vardy was not as he controlled the high ball, then laid it off for Maddison to bend a left-footed shot beyond the reach of Pope.
Burnley should have levelled immediately. Westwood's corner was flicked on by Collins towards Wout Weghorst, who slid in at the back post but could not get his shot on target.
Instead, Vardy had the final word to get Leicester back to winning ways.
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