Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36019309-20190114073523/@comment-31338621-20190210204356

AsianReaper wrote:

So you think Itachi thought he himself was stronger than Pain? Itachi didn't even think he was stronger than Jiraiya. When he says "Only an Uchiha can defeat me." he obviously means in relation to Tsukuyomi, mentioned literally right before. Otherwise, he'd be claiming himself invincible against every Shinobi except Sasuke, which we know isn't true.

That's what I think? Itachi only said that, because he wasn't planning to fight Jiraiya.