Yet when Naruto beat Sasuke at VOTE2 when he had the help of Bijuu's y'all still wanted to make excuses :|
Learning a new tech means nothing especially if we don't know what it does
Naruto showed progress when he learned RS yet was still behind Hebi Sasuke.
Manga scans of Naruto receiving a minute injury means nothing
Naruto had chakra from all the Bijuu aswell, the Sage said it aswell as Sasuke, on top of that he had the Kyuubi gathering chakra for him as he was fighting - the Kyuubi gathered, and gave him all the natural energy above.
Natural energy is combined with the users chakra to create Senjutsu which powers the user up, including all his techniques.
The battle was a draw, Naruto won in ideology.
Anyway, this is about Gaiden. Naruto, despite his godly reflexes and speed was hit by Sasuke's sword, and was in extreme pain. So much so that the Kyuubi avatar deactivated. The Kyuubi pointed out how Naruto has grown weaker, and Naruto admitted it. Yet you are still acting as if it was nothing...
Learning a new technique means alot, especially one on such a massive scale as this. Sasuke is doing things similar to Kaguya, The Goddes of chakra, that shows alot of improvement.
It's amazing how you're denying this.