But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved.
A weak Danny Shittu header and sharp save from Steve Morison followed as the hosts excelled in the first half without forcing the breakthrough.
Özil pulled the strings when Arsenal scored three without reply against Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates in November but, without Alexis Sanchez, finding the breakthrough against Olympiakos may prove more difficult.
Without a sacrifice, the breakthrough to enlightenment cannot be made.
Liverpool had been much improved without carving Arsenal open, but the breakthrough finally came on half-time when Coutinho made space in the area before drilling home a low right-foot shot off the post.
Highlighted songs from The Breakthrough: Be Without You Enough Cryin' MJB -MVP Alone No One Will Do One featuring Bono.
The Sri Lankan government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam concluded another round of peace talks today in Thailand with an announcement of incremental progress but without the dramatic breakthroughs of previous rounds.
Why? "I don't think Kiehl's could have kept up with all the breakthroughs in technology without having a partner like L'Oréal".
The previous three rounds of talks in Beijing ended without a breakthrough, and the legitimacy of the six-nation negotiating structure could collapse if this round ends in a stalemate.
Anthony DePalma (NYT) AFRICA BURUNDI: PEACE TALKS FAIL -- A summit meeting aimed at reviving Burundi's peace process ended without the hoped-for breakthrough as heavy fighting raged in Bujumbura, capital of the Central African state.
