Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25498052-20141004162612/@comment-17623-20141103213009

SuperSaiyaMan wrote: Except they weren't. The manga repeatedly emphasized that Naruto was holding back and exhausted. If they were equals, Naruto wouldn't have gotten all those instances that he wasn't fighting to his full potential. Even Sasuke called him out multiple times on it.

And where did it say Naruto was holding back?