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Tottenham won 3-0 against Hoffenheim at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday and here are our player ratings from the friendly. It was the first of two matches against the German outfit within 24 hours as Spurs' remaining group of players will take to the pitch on Sunday in a behind-closed-doors match at Hotspur Way. Roberto De Zerbi looks set to pick two strong starting XIs for each match with youngsters on the bench. The 54,345-strong stadium crowd got to see £100million man Sandro Tonali and £52million centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke as well as free summer arrivals Marcos Senesi and Andy Robertson. There was no Cristian Romero and Djed Spence after their moves to Atletico Madrid and Inter respectively. Spurs opened the scoring on 35 minutes. Tonali took a lovely touch to beat his man and then surged forward before flicking the ball out wide to fellow summer arrival Andy Robertson and the Scot's first-time ball was smashed home by Richarlison. The second goal came in the 59th minute when Mathys Tel beat two men down the left and hit a low ball into the box that 19-year-old Mikey Moore touched home after good movement. The teenager netted his second on 79 minutes when again Tel shifted the ball across to him with a clever pass and the academy product took a touch and then hit the ball deftly into the far left corner of the net to make it 3-0. FOLLOW OUR TOTTENHAM FB PAGE! Latest Spurs news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page Here are our first half Spurs player ratings: Antonin Kinsky Didn't have much to do in the first half until a save from Daghim late on but in the second period he made another from Wimmer and then denied Rots low down. Commanded his area well from set pieces and dribbled past a Hoffenheim defender in the final minutes. 8 Archie Gray Captain once again in pre-season and did little wrong at right-back. It's not where he wants to play but he's inadvertently auditioning for the role. 7 Jan Paul van Hecke Made a series of strong interceptions at the back. Going to be a talker in the backline and always comfortable on the ball. Went on one Romero-like run in the second half to press the ball all the way at the other end of the pitch in the Hoffenheim box. 8 Marcos Senesi A little behind Van Hecke in his sharpness and some of his passing showed that, with a little hesitation at times, but still plenty of good little moments. Picked out Tel with a good ball early in the second half. With Van de Ven seemingly not close to playing, the Argentine has a chance for a run in the side. 7 Andy Robertson Curled in some dangerous balls early in the game and did so again with his first-time ball to Richarlison to score. Played the full 90 minutes and never looked unduly troubled. 8 Sandro Tonali Showed that he's going to be the man who dictates the tempo. Took a lovely touch to beat his man and surge up the pitch before playing in Robertson for Richarlison's goal. Always looked in control of matters. 8 Lucas Bergvall A strong performance with plenty of clever touches and turns in the midfield. Had a low shot on the run saved by Baumann in the first half. Tired a bit in the second half but showed his quality. 7 Mikey Moore A bright display with a couple of dangerous runs and balls across the face of goal, one of which Richarlison and Tel were inches away from. Deserved to score just before the hour mark when he showed good movement to get on the end of Tel's ball across the six-yard box. His second goal showed an excellent touch and deft finish 20 minutes later. He will likely still head out on loan with De Zerbi wanting new wingers in the coming weeks and Kudus set to return but this was a reminder of just how much talent he's got. 9 Conor Gallagher A trademark busy first half without impacting play too much. Kept coming out to the left in a midfield three when Spurs were in possession of the ball. 6 Mathys Tel Plenty of runs down the left without quite having the cutting edge in the first half but that completely changed in the second period. First he blazed an effort over from Senesi and then hit the low ball to Moore for the second goal before picking out the teenager again for his second with a clever little switch-foot pass. 9 Richarlison Another pre-season goal. Slightly off the pace at times, although he didn't get plenty of service, but his goal showed that clinical instinct with his positioning. Fired a shot over early in the second period. 7 Subs Tyrese Hall, Malachi Hardy, Reiss Elliott-Parris, Miracle Adewole, Jamie Donley The youngsters all came on with 15 minutes to go, apart from Donley who was used in the final minutes. All of the academy products looked bright, linking up play and Tottenham's game did not drop with them on the pitch which is the best compliment you can give them. They need only look to Moore for the way forward now. N/A