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It not an excuse. There is a huge difference between attacking someone from the front and attacking them from their blind spot. I have noticed that since Sasuke gain his S/T jutsu a huge part of Sasuke tactics has focus on the element of surprise. His S/T jutsu allows him to swap people and objects locations within a certain range. That catches Sasuke's targets by surprise.
Naruto faced Ei at his fastest speed yet still felt the need to compared Ei to his father. That tells us their speeds are similar. Naruto was able to evade and hit the 3rd raikage.
That is unsupported by the manga. Why? Madara was distracted, yet he still perfectly blocked Naruto's attack using his cloaked form. Nothing but excuses.
He said, all of them are fast, he didn't say he has the same speed as Ae. Ae is faster than third, because all relevant shinobis could see and follow his movements to erect defences. Heck, Dodai who has no speed feats reacted and saved Naruto as well, where as Ae was blitzing Juugo left and right, to whom even Bee couldn't react one time.

