Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-32617252-20180505055143/@comment-6769189-20180607075551

SuperSaiyaMan wrote:

But before that Naruto and Sasuke were kicking Momoshiki's ass six-ways to Sunday. If not for the mind-controlled Katasuke, he'd have lost then and there and Naruto and Sasuke were heavily restricting themselves so they wouldn't use ninjutsu on Momoshiki either. Kicking his ass? Sasuke would have died if not for Naruto saving him. Momoshiki burnt him the hell up and he was plummeting to the ground unconscious.

Naruto and Sasuke were supposed to be equals and together they were slightly stronger in taijutsu than Momoshiki but neither stood a legit chance individually.