DAVID Wagner insists the FA Cup remains "important for the club" after his Huddersfield side were held to a 1-1 draw by Championship strugglers Birmingham.

Lukas Jutkiewicz's second-half equaliser earned Birmingham a fourth-round replay at St Andrew's after Steve Mounie had headed Wagner's top-flight Terriers into an interval lead.

Both clubs occupy precarious league positions and that was reflected in the managers' decisions to make seven changes each. Yet Wagner assured fans he has not given up on the knockout competition.

He said: "It's important for the club, it's important for all of us, for the players. We like to be in this competition.

"We wanted to come through the next round. Unfortunately we haven't done it so we have to do it in the rematch.

"This is our aim. This is what we would like to do and what we work on.

"The players, to be totally honest, their effort, attitude, everything they have done and how they tried was there."

Huddersfield substitute Joe Lolley squandered a golden chance to seal victory in stoppage time when he blazed over from in front of goal.

Wagner admitted the Terriers paid the price for too many individual errors.

"It isn't the result which we wanted to have and I think it isn't the result we deserved," he said.

"We missed out clear-cut chances, which we had a few of, and we made two individual mistakes before we conceded the first goal as well.

"This means too many mistakes in the offence and too many mistakes in the defence and then it's difficult to win."

Wagner picked out right-back Florent Hadergjonaj, forward Collin Quaner, goal-scorer Mounie and centre-half Terence Kongolo for special mention.

"This is why I'm not too worried about the rematch because we have at the minute a very big, healthy squad," said the German.

Wagner confirmed that both Kongolo and midfielder Danny Williams are doubtful for Tuesday's home Premier League game against Liverpool after picking up knocks.

Despite Wagner's assurances over the cup, there is no disguising Tuesday's match – and those league encounters beyond – carry much greater significance.

The Terriers sit two points above the relegation zone after their defeat at Stoke extended their winless run to six Premier League matches.