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Was never a great dribbler possible exception of 06/07. Pace, power, incredible heading ability, intelligent off the ball movement and an insatiable drive have always been his biggest strengths. The knee injury may have been there but was never serious enough to derail his career, its an excuse used by fanboys for his failure at Brazil 2014 and him gradually becoming a poacher since 2015/16. For comparison, the likes of Messi, Neymar have had more serious injuries but never became poachers.
Yeah I'm not sure there was any stark difference between his dribbling from pre 2014 to afterwards.
In 2013-14, he had 92 successful dribbles Vs Messi's 169.
The next season, he had 79 dribbles Vs Messi's 266.
It isn't as if he was am out of the world dribbler. He was in single digits year-in and year-out.