A second half goal from Ajsel Kujovi? separated the side’s lifting LBoIS into fourth bottom place two points ahead of Brage.
There are only six points of a difference between 4th placed Ljungskile and 13th placed LBoIS who have picked up seven points from their last three matches to draw themselves into the pack in the Swedish Superetten, Second Division.
The journey back from Brage took eight hours but with three points on board the Celtic hero was pleased with his side’s performance.
“It was a very important victory,” the King of Kings admitted. “We have played well in other games but not managed to get the rewards. Now we put one of our chances away and held the lead.
“The victory means that we are now hanging onto the clubs above us and there is a greater distance from the teams chasing behind us.”
On Monday LBoIS are at home to tenth placed Jonkopings knowing that a win will take them onto the same points as their opponents.
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