Sentence:  Smalling's quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an <WSD>air</WSD> of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero's goal bearing in mind another of United's defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A feeling or sense.