The Glamour Boys beat Lidoda Duvha 4-2 on penalties to secure their place in the Telkom Knockout last eight berth.
Parker says despite taking time to get into gear in their victory over Black Leopards, he was happy Amakhosi managed to play on their own terms.
“We knew they were going to come out guns blazing. We knew that this was going to be a game of their lives. We allowed them to come at us, to win the first balls and second balls,” Parker told SuperSport TV.
“We upped the gear and did not [want] to allow the team to dictate or give us a scare on our home ground. We managed to keep our shape and tactical discipline especially defensively.
“Going forward as you can see today it was not the usual front players that was representing the team today because of injuries. We wish those guys speedy recovery.
“But we looked dangerous whenever we played diagonal balls, we scored from a diagonal ball you know. We learn from this game. I’m happy we’re through to the next round and I’m everyone associated with the club is happy to be in the next round.”