Edited sentence: " He has established himself as a regular in East Bengal's first team.Chettri replied to this, "I am delighted with his (Gerd Muller) compliment as he was such a great player.Chettri was originally a striker however, while at the mini SAARC competition representing the Sports Academy of Sikkim, a defender was injured and Chettri took his place.During a friendly match against FC Bayern Munich under 23s, their manager Gerd Müller praised Chettri "East Bengal’s number three (Nirmal Chettri) was brilliant".It is always good  to get such praise from great players but I will not get carried away and will work hard as I have a long way to go.Profile at Eastbengaltherealpower.The coach decided that Chettri was better as a defender and played him in that position from that day onwards