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Mon 04 Apr 2007Keane's attitude rubs off on his playersSunderland 2 Wolves 1:They have known enough bad days on Wearside over the past five years to notice a good one when it turns up, so special occasions stick out even more. And for the second time in six weeks, this felt like a special afternoon at the Stadium of Light.The sun shone for a start, more than 40,000 turned up, Sunderland won, Roy Keane smiled and at the end they played the theme from Taxi in honour of Niall Quinn. As with the 2-1 win over Derby County in February, the best came last: then it was Liam Miller's injury-time winner; on Saturday it was news that Birmingham City had lost at home to Burnley.